allow for filters to be specified from command line

bin/redwood

@@ -10,24 +10,30 @@ import sys
 import ConfigParser
 import MySQLdb
 import redwood.filters
+import redwood.helpers.core as core
 import redwood.connection.connect as rconn
+
 from redwood.shell.controller import SessionController
 
 
 def main(argv):
 
-    if(len(argv) != 1):
+    if(len(argv) != 1 and len(argv) != 2):
         print "Please provide database configuration file"
         sys.exit(1)
 
     print '\033[1;31m\n\n#################################\nWelcome to Redwood\n#################################\n\033[1;m'
 
     print "Establishing connection to database...\n",
     print "...running with {} cores".format(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
-    print "...loading filters from ./Filters directory if exists"
 
     cnx = rconn.connect_with_config(argv[0])
 
+
+    #import the filters
+    if(len(argv) == 2):
+        core.import_filters(argv[1], cnx)      
+
     sc = SessionController(cnx)
     sc.preloop()
     sc.cmdloop()

redwood/helpers/core.py

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def import_filters(path, cnx):
 
     new_filters = list()
 
+
+    print "Importing specified filters from {}".format(path)
+
     #make sure path exists
     if os.path.isdir(path) is False:
         print "Error: path {} does not exist".format(path)
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ def import_filters(path, cnx):
                 filter_list.append(instance)
                 new_filters.append(instance)
 
+    print new_filters
+
     return new_filters
 
 def get_source_info(cnx, source_name):